Creativity and the arts
Human rights and justice
idea
Hidden in translation – Jewish resistance to Spanish empire
by Flora Cassen
Imagination
idea
Aphantasia can be a gift to philosophers and critics like me
by Mette Leonard Høeg
Architecture
guide
How to appreciate buildings
It’s easy to become blasé about the built world. Tune in more deeply and architectural adventures await around each corner
by Colin Ellard
Poetry
film
Sail through Shakespeare’s melancholic soliloquy on life’s seven stages
3 mins
Artists and art history
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Is the attunement of abstract art and music more than a metaphor?
by Michelle Liu
Play
idea
A game is not a game without a special kind of conflict
by Eric Zimmerman
Film
guide
How to find great films to watch
Bored with Hollywood and Netflix? Becoming an adventurous and informed explorer of the cinema world is in everyone’s grasp
by Geoff Andrew
Place
film
A filmmaker’s ode to the beloved Cairo building where he learned his art
7 mins
Home
idea
How war destroys the childhood sense-scape we call ‘home’
by Julia F Christensen
Stories and literature
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Forget ‘Little Women’. How did girls learn to be grown women?
by Julie Pfeiffer
Stories and literature
guide
How to nurture a personal library
An escape, a sanctuary, a place of pleasure, a memoir. Take these steps to ensure your library is just what you want it to be
by Freya Howarth
Dance
film
Exquisite subaquatic choreography stretches the limits of mind and body
7 mins